Micah 2:2

Woe to Oppressors

1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. 2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

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Berean Standard Bible
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
American Standard Version (1901)
And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Bible in Basic English
They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
Free Bible Version
They seize any fields they want. They take any houses they want. They cheat people of their houses, and steal their inheritance.
Geneva Bible 1599
And they couet fields, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, euen man and his heritage.
King James (Authorized) Version
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Translation for Translators
You want fields that belong to other people, so you seize them; you also take their houses. You cheat people to get their homes, taking away the property that belongs to their families.
Unlocked Literal Bible
They desire fields and seize them; they desire houses and take them. They oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
Noah Webster Bible
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
World English Bible
They covet fields and seize them, and houses, then take them away. They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Young's Literal Translation
And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.